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Annual 

Report 

july 2011 - june 2012 

Active Lifestyles Sport KiwiSport Events

2 Contents & Directory 

Contents 

Directory 2 

About Sport Southland 3 

Chairman & Chief Executive Report 4 

Highlights 

• Sport Development 6 

• KiwiSport 9 

• Active Lifestyles 11 

• Events 14 

• Eastern Southland 16 

• Sport Central 17 

Financials 18 

Stakeholder Feedback 22 

Sport Southland Directory 

Board of Trustees 

(July 2011-June 2012) 

Roger Eagles (retired December 2011) 

Wayne Evans (retired February 2012) 

Susan Jones 

David (Ginge) Burnett 

Jan Wisely 

Dave Price (joined September 2011) 

Jason Forbes (joined May 2012) 

Steven Kennedy (joined May 2012) 

Patron 

Tom Pryde 

Staff Directory 

(as at June 2012) 

Invercargill Office 

Richard Hoskin Chief Executive 

Brendon McDermott General Manager 

Amanda Milne Finance Administrator 

Tara Cooper Operations Manager 

Suzie Harrington Receptionist/Administrator 

Jerrie Andrews Communications Advisor 

Peter Dunne 

Sport Manager 

Paul Westbury Coaching Manager 

Brittany North 

Sport Advisor 

Jim Watson 

Sport Advisor 

Matt Sillars 

Events Manager 

Sally Hayes 

Events Advisor & 

Community Volunteers 

Yvette Hodges Active Lifestyles Manager 

Ann Robbie Active Lifestyles Advisor 

Nicola Wylie Active Lifestyles Advisor 

Natalie Hughes Active Movement Advisor 

Alex Meijers Active Families Co-ordinator 

Shontelle Dixon Kaiwhakahaere Ki O Rahi 

Eastern Southland Office 

Susie Burrows Community Sport Advisor 

Calum Johnstone Eastern KiwiSport Advisor

About Sport Southland 

3 

About Sport Southland 

Our Vision: 

inspiring sporting excellence and active lifestyles 

Our Mission: 

To create a leading sport and recreation environment where more 

southlanders are active, competitive and successful 

Our Byline: 

Leading the Way 

Sport Southland is a charitable regional 

sports trust that supports sport, events 

and active lifestyles throughout the entire 

community. 

It is focussed on inspiring sporting excellence 

and active lifestyles and works with people 

of all ages to achieve this. 

With offices in Invercargill and Gore and the 

delivery of programmes Southland-wide, 

Sport Southland has a strong presence 

throughout the region, including in the 

Wakatipu Basin which is serviced by Sport 

Central – a joint venture between Sport 

Southland and Sport Otago. 

The main components of Sport 

Southland’s work are: 

Sport 

The sport team provides a wide range of 

support to Regional Sports Organisations and 

clubs throughout the region, and is focussed 

on achieving specific outcomes particularly 

for the seven targeted sports as identified by 

Sport New Zealand at national level. It runs 

a number of programmes – including the ILT 

and BNZ holiday sports programmes – and 

offers support in coaching, talent development 

and RSO capability. It is also responsible for 

the KiwiSport fund and the six SportStart 

Southland programmes running in primary 

schools throughout Southland. 

Active Lifestyles 

Sport Southland supports active lifestyles in 

all age groups with the aim of making more 

Southlanders more active more often. 

Our active lifestyles advisors work with 

infants and their parents through Active 

Movement and Fundamental Skills, through 

to seniors through BNZ Active Walkers 

KiwiSeniors and the Introduction to Aqua 

Jogging programme. 

The active lifestyles team also co-ordinates 

and delivers a wide variety of programmes 

including Active Families, Green 

Prescription, Active Workplaces, Active for 

Life, Fit 4 Life and Low-Cost Zumba. 

Events 

Sport Southland plays an active role in coordinating 

and supporting events Southlandwide. 

The events team can help get events 

off the ground, provide traffic management 

or online registration support or co-ordinate 

entire events. 

Some of the key events Sport Southland 

is involved with include the BNZ Surf to 

City, MLT Moonshine Trail, the Ascot Park 

Hotel Southland Festival of Running and the 

Distinction Hotels Milford Mountain Classic. 

Patron 

Tom Pryde was a founding trustee of Sport 

Southland in 1990 and has continued to be 

a strong supporter of the organisation and 

its work. 

Tom is heavily involved in triathlon, 

multisport and adventure racing and has 

served on numerous boards and trusts. 

Tom succeeded Derek Turnbull as patron 

in October 2007. Derek Turnbull – ‘the 

world’s fastest old man’ – was the settlor and 

patron until his death in November 2006. 

SportNet 

Regional Sports Trust 

(RST) Network 

Sport Southland is a member of SportNet, 

the national network of 17 RSTs throughout 

the country and is supported by Sport New 

Zealand to deliver a wide range of sportbased 

programmes throughout the region. 

RSTs work across the sport and recreation 

spectrum, assisting Regional Sporting 

Organisations, schools and clubs as well 

as supporting individuals and community 

groups participating in less structured 

physical activity.

4 Chairman and Chief Executive Report 

Chairman and Chief Executive Report 

Sport Southland has completed the year under review in good heart but not without 

challenges that have forced change across our organisation. 

The executive team faced considerable challenge as the organisation grew in terms of its 

delivery and service, while at the same time facing funding reductions. 

Sport Southland revenue streams were affected against the backdrop of the New Zealand 

and global economy. As such, the reduced level of sector funding has created huge pressure 

on the traditional sport and recreation funding base and, when coupled with central 

government health sector reforms, it has created a challenging environment to operate in. 

Throughout the year our staff showed an exceptional level of energy to continue to deliver 

to the community whilst major internal change was taking place. Staff reductions forced 

on Sport Southland were simply a result of financial constraints as opposed to individual 

performance outcomes. 

Sport Southland Chairman 

David Burnett & CEO Richard Hoskin. 

Financially Sport Southland is in a solid position reporting a modest cash surplus enabling it 

to near its cash reserves target of $450k or approx three months trading. The trustees are 

of the view that Sport Southland should reach our targeted cash reserve level to ensure that 

if further difficult years are to occur, those reserves enable the organisation to develop and 

support programmes in the community with confidence. It is appropriate to note the board 

allocated $50,000 of the 2011/12 surplus towards next year’s operational deficit to support 

staff levels over an extended period whilst working through our staffing restructure early in 

the 2012/13 year. 

A supportive base to 

work from 

While financial survival is vital, growth is not 

possible without a strong commercial and 

stakeholder platform. Solid progress has 

been made over recent years to establish a 

broad funding base that reflects our wider 

mandate to service the community. 

With Sport NZ, the ILT Foundation, the 

Invercargill Licensing Trust, the Community 

Trust of Southland and the Mataura Licensing 

Trust as major partners it is pleasing to 

advise the development of our commercial 

sponsorship base is also growing. We have 

been successful in establishing a number of 

smaller partnerships, as well as developing 

a strong relationship with the BNZ across a 

range of our programmes. 

It has been a fantastic relationship to date; 

providing a positive financial impact for Sport 

Southland, whilst providing great community 

name association and leverage opportunities 

for the BNZ, and we are excited about 

growing and building on this partnership in 

future. 

Community Sport 

Increasing participation 

New Zealand has a wonderful community 

volunteer base but it does appear the long 

term commitment to the traditional club 

structure as we know it is changing. Sport 

NZ has a strong focus on community sport, 

particularly around increasing participation 

numbers and the volunteer base at club 

level while supporting and, where required, 

improving the capability of clubs and RSOs. 

Sport Southland continues to focus on this 

area with a dedicated team servicing the 

Sport NZ targeted sports and providing 

value to the remaining clubs and RSOs in 

our region. 

The challenge ahead for clubs and RSOs is 

the fight for membership, to ensure people 

continue playing their particular sport. The 

sport and recreation options today are wide 

ranging, so there is a need for organisations 

to make their sport interesting, attractive 

and welcoming for those wanting to try 

it or actually join up. For some codes, 

maintaining membership and current 

numbers is a challenge and in some cases an 

achievement in today’s environment.

Chairman and Chief Executive Report 

5 

KiwiSport 

Investing in the Future 

KiwiSport continues to be an incredible 

success and continues to strengthen our 

relationships with schools, particularly in the 

year 1- 6 space. 

We invested $206,000 across the sport 

and recreation sector in the 2011/12 year 

with 80% of this money allocated to six 

programmes, specifically: 

• Learn to Bike – Bike NZ and Cycling 

Southland programme 

• Swim Safe Southland programme – 

rurally-based Learn to Swim programme 

• Run Jump Throw – Athletics NZ based 

programme 

• 4 Sport Delivery – South City/Bluff and 

Eastern Southland 

• Hit n It – striking and controlling a ball 

programme 

• moveMprove – Gymsports NZ 

foundation skills programme 

Under the KiwiSport umbrella we have 

allocated $20,000 of the KiwiSport funding 

directly into the Wakatipu Basin by way 

of a joint venture with Lakes Leisure Ltd. 

Lakes Leisure delivers a variety of sport and 

recreation programmes and physical activity 

services from the QLDC Events Centre. 

Sport Southland view this partnership as the 

first step in establishing a long term presence 

in the Wakatipu Basin. 

We continue to be committed to supporting 

Sport Otago in a strategically important 

joint venture as part of a wider presence 

in the Central Otago region. We view our 

long term plans with Lakes Leisure Ltd as 

complimentary to the work undertaken by 

Sport Central. 

A strong result 

This year saw us undertake a full stakeholder 

survey conducted by Sport NZ. We are 

delighted that Sport Southland received a 

78% satisfaction rating which is regarded as 

a very strong result. 

This survey was commissioned with the 

following outcomes in mind: 

• To understand more about stakeholders’ 

experiences and relationships with Sport 

Southland 

• To measure Sport Southland’s 

performance in meeting stakeholder 

needs and expectations 

• To provide indications in terms of 

how Sport Southland can better meet 

the needs and expectations of its 

stakeholders 

• To ascertain stakeholders’ aspirations for 

the future of Sport Southland. 

Events and Active 

Lifestyles 

Our Events and Active Lifestyles teams 

continue to deliver programmes, services 

and support across a wide sector of our 

community, positively impacting on a 

high number of individuals, groups and 

organisations. 

The past year has been a busy and 

productive one for the Active Lifestyle teams 

in which we predominately concentrated 

on our core health-related business and 

physical activity programmes. The increasing 

incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes and 

other physical inactivity-related conditions 

has resulted in Sport Southland continuing to 

be contracted as a provider of the nationally 

recognised Green Prescription and related 

Active Families programme. The demand 

for both programmes during the year, with 

full capacity delivery, demonstrated the need 

for these services. We completed the year 

by fulfilling 108% of our contracted referrals 

from Southland based GPs with good levels 

of patient satisfaction at the end of the year. 

The Events team has been spread thinly 

across our community given demand for 

their expertise and services through out the 

year. We have made a conscious decision to 

identify and prioritise our involvement, with 

a strong focus being centred on our four 

icon events, being the BNZ Surf to City, 

the rebranded Ascot Park Hotel Southland 

Festival of Running, the MLT Moonshine 

Trail and the Distinction Hotels Milford 

Mountain Classic. 

We are still committed to supporting other 

major events in the region and continue to 

play strong support roles as was evidenced 

by our support with Rugby World Cup 

2011 and taking a leadership role with the 

management of the volunteer programme 

in Southland 

Thank you 

Thank you to our community and the wider 

sport and recreation sector, our dedicated 

staff and board and to our sponsors and 

partners. 

To Our Staff 

The success of any organisation relies 

on the commitment of a cohesive team 

with a can do attitude and big picture 

vision to continue moving forward. 

Sport Southland is no exception and, 

for a team that works on behalf of the 

community and the sport and recreation 

sector, these qualities are important. 

Sport Southland is the sum of its parts 

and the great team it employs is the 

heart of our organisation. 

To Our Board 

Thank you for your guidance and 

perseverance in what has been a 

challenging year where difficult decisions 

have needed to be made. It was with 

sadness that we fare welled Roger Eagles 

following his retirement as a trustee and 

the last four years as chair. We also lost 

the services and expertise of Wayne 

Evans following his departure in June. 

We thank them both for their dedicated 

contribution over many years. 

To Our Sponsors and 

Supporters 

Your confidence in Sport Southland 

to deliver results is reflected in your 

willingness to partner with us. We offer 

you our sincere appreciation and look 

forward to you being a significant and 

important part of our future success.

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Sport Development 


The year under review has been both 

busy and challenging, but we have 

continued to provide positive outcomes 

for our sporting community. 

Targeted Sports 

Planning for the future 

A great deal of work was undertaken with 

six of Sport NZ’s seven targeted sports, 

establishing Memoranda of Understandings 

and annual plans and attaining baseline 

data. An MoU and annual plan will be 

implemented with the seventh sport – 

rugby – following a full review of Rugby 

Southland and subsequent report provided 

by a Sport NZ-appointed independent. 

Support was also given to rugby 

administrators from Eastern and Northern 

sub-unions in their bid to enter a combined 

team in the Southland-wide premier 

competition as a pathway for players in 

those areas. The concept was supported by 

the majority of member clubs and the team 

finished a credible fourth in its inaugural year. 

Non Targeted Sports 

Supporting community sport 

Work was undertaken with a number of 

local sports organisations including target 

shooting, powerboat racing, squash, 

badminton and volleyball. It is hoped this 

will continue in future, albeit perhaps on a 

lesser scale. 

A highlight was the support of the 

Badminton World Federation’s conference 

held in Queenstown and the launch of its 

Shuttle Time programme to more than 400 

local school children. 

Another success story came from squash, 

which bucked national trends to show a 20% 

growth in playing numbers. Sport Southland 

supported squash through KiwiSport funding 

for coaching and local clubs, and through 

our holiday sport programmes. 

Yachting NZ was encouraged to include 

Southland in its Learn to Sail programme and 

their trainer yachts were used in conjunction 

with the local clubs in Bluff (1 day), Riverton 

(2 days) and Te Anau (2 days). 

Primary Schools 

Record numbers 

In addition to the focus on primary schools 

with KiwiSport programmes, support was 

provided in many other ways. 

Highlights included: 

• 7 schools involved in PALs (Physical 

Activity Leaders programme) 

• A record 1015 children competed in 

the Southland Primary School Athletics 

Championships and 680 in the Cross 

Country Championships 

• 4 inter-school competition days held 

for South City and Bluff schools; sports 

including rugby, netball, basketball, 

softball, rugby league and football. 

These were financially supported by the 

Invercargill City Council 

• 8 Central Southland schools (316 

students) involved in annual Winter 

Tournament; sports including hockey, 

football, rugby and netball 

• Support of the Physical Education New 

Zealand (PENZ) workshop in Invercargill 

in June; Southland recorded more 

participants than any other centre in the 

country (35 teachers and sport providers). 

Secondary Schools 

Working collaboratively 

Sport Southland worked closely with Fiona 

Ward and Lisa Hay of Southland Secondary 

School Sport on many great initiatives, 

primarily focussed on getting more students 

involved. 

Highlights included: 

• Ongoing involvement in the Invest in 

Sport programme – Southland one of 

only six regions included in Sport NZ’s 

Growing Coaches pilot 

• Forum between 20 RSOs and 

secondary school sport co-ordinators 

• Sport Southland representation on 

the Southland Secondary School 

Management Group and Student 

Council 

• Involvement in Southland Secondary 

School Awards evening 

• Continuation of College Games for less 

active students; held over one day each 

term with two sporting options per day 

Up & At Em 

Social sports 

Targeted at 16-24year-olds and less active 

adults, Up & At Em launched in late 2011. 

Fourteen teams played in the first netball 

competition held on Sunday afternoons 

over a six-week period. In 2012 football 

was offered and 10 teams were involved 

across both sports. The competition was 

enjoyable and competitive, with music and 

fun as key themes.


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Holiday Sports Programmes 

More than 1500 attendances 

The ILT Holiday Sports Programme in Invercargill maintained its numbers, with limited space 

remaining an issue during the Stadium Southland redevelopment. Half or full day sportspecific 

camps at some of Invercargill’s other great sporting facilities compensated for this. 

The rural BNZ Holiday Sports Programmes remained popular and the addition of Riverton 

has been positive. We are now offering programmes on nine of the 10 work days during the 

school holidays. 

JULY 2011 OCT 2011 JAN 2012 APRIL 2012 TOTAL 

INVERCARGILL 224 284 244 304 1056 

GORE 28 25 25 78 

WINTON 24 22 21 23 90 

TE ANAU 32 58 50 30 170 

RIVERTON 22 86 108 

TOTAL 1502 

The holiday periods and weekends were also utilised for other activities including: 

• A two-day Learn to Bike programme for 34 children in December 

• The Our Way of Life Water Fun Day in Riverton in January, with 43 children, and five 

different water activities 

• Seven sporting options provided for children at the Relay for Life 

ILT Southland Sports Awards 

Celebrating Excellence 

The ILT Southland Sports Awards were held on Friday June 8 at the Ascot Park Hotel. 

The following recipients and winners were recognised: 

Sport Southland Services to Sport 

Colleen Bond Netball 

The Radio Network Southland Masters Achievement 

Robyn Boniface Golf 

SBS Bank Administrator of the Year 

Craig Morton Rugby 

Southland Vehicle Sales Kia Team of the Year 

Southland Men’s Interprovincial Team Golf 

Ricoh Southland Coach of the Year 

Lance Smith Athletics 

Community Trust of Southland Junior Sportsperson of the Year 

Stephanie McKenzie Cycling 

ILT Southland Senior Sportsperson of the Year 

Jimmy Cowan Rugby 

ILT Skills Based Programme 

Getting the fundamentals 

right 

The on-going redevelopment of Stadium 

Southland meant the delivery of this 

programme was once again transferred to 

the Paul Skelt Memorial Badminton Hall or 

at the participating schools. Five primary 

schools and more than 300 children 

partook in the programme in 2011/2012. 

The programme is also now competing 

with the GymSports NZ developed 

moveMprove programme. With this 

alternative being delivered in schools by 

qualified instructors, Sport Southland will 

look to support the latter in the future. 

The ILT Skills Based Programme has been 

very successful over a number of years in 

assisting school children to gain confidence 

in fundamental sporting skills and providing 

practical training and support for educators. 

2011 Sport Volunteer 

Awards 

Celebrating our sport 

volunteers 

The aim of these awards is to recognise the 

efforts of sport volunteers of all different 

backgrounds and experience. 

The student category is open to school 

aged coaches, while the general category 

is for volunteer coaches with at least ten 

years’ service. The lifetime category is for 

volunteers who have contributed at least 25 

years’ service. 

Total nominations at 309 were up from 

the 219 in 2010. The winners in the 2011 

Sport NZ Sport Volunteer Awards were: 

Student: Jason Keen 

General: Angee Shand 

Lifetime: John O’Connor

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Coach Forums 

Informative opportunities 

Regional forums were once again held for 

Southland’s representative level coaches 

(and others) to engage in professional 

development options to maximise their 

potential. Key note speakers included Gary 

Hermansson, Tom Conroy and Jeremy 

Duncan. 

Coaching breakfasts were also held, to offer 

coaches from different codes a forum to 

share ideas on a monthly basis. 

Academy Southland Talent 

Xcelerator Programme 

Another outstanding year 

The Academy Southland Talent Xcelerator 

programme is a joint venture between 

Excellence in Sport South Island, the 

Community Trust of Southland, the 

Invercargill Licensing Trust and Sport 

Southland. 

It is targeted at emerging young athletes 

with the goal of fast-tracking them on a 

performance pathway, increasing their 

understanding and readiness for the 

high performance environment, and for 

becoming carded. Many of the Academy 

athletes are now carded and emerging in 

national programmes and achieving great 

international results. 

The programme has three levels (1, 2, and 

Graduate Scholarship). 

This year saw three past Academy 

Southland athletes, Natasha Hansen, Eddie 

Dawkins and Natalie Wiegersma, selected 

to represent New Zealand at the London 

2012 Olympic Games; an outstanding 

result. 

2012 athlete highlights: 

Vaughan McCall (golf) 

Won New Zealand Match Play and New 

Zealand Stroke Play Championships, and 

was runner-up in the Welsh Amateur 

Gavin Stark (rugby) NZ U18 rugby 

Jade Graham (athletics) 

Won silver in U20 javelin at Oceania 

Athletics Championships 

Josh Haggerty (cycling) 

NZ U19 road team 

Kate Dunlevey (cycling) 

NZ junior track cycling team 

Tim Campbell (softball) 

NZ Junior Black Sox 

Bailey McDougall (basketball) 

NZ U20 basketball team 

Mary Fraser (football) 

NZ U20 Women’s Football squad 

Robert McDonald (swimming) 

NZ team for Trans-Tasman Tri Series 

Jeremy Presbury (cycling) 


Tom Beadle (cycling) 


Kristen Froude (rowing) 

NZ junior rowing trial 

Troy McAlister (triathlon) 

NZ U19 elite triathlon squad 

Tori Peeters (athletics) 

Won gold in U20 and open javelin at 

Oceania championships 

Greer Alsop (athletics) 

Won gold in U20 triple jump, sliver in open 

triple jump at Oceania championships 

Lucy Heenan (netball) 

NZ Secondary Schools netball triallist 

Jacob Duffy (cricket) 

NZ U19 team 

Strength and 

Conditioning & Nutrition 

Simon Jones was employed as a strength 

and conditioning coach to work with a 

number of athletes. 

His knowledge and expertise have certainly 

been hugely helpful to the athletes, who 

continue to learn plenty from Simon. 

Dietician Aimee Burns also works with 

a variety of athletes and her experience 

has made her an asset to the Academy 

Southland team, enabling us to provide a 

wide range of services to our athletes.

KiwiSport Fund 

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KiwiSport Fund 

KiwiSport is a government-funded initiative 

to support sport for school-aged children. 

All KiwiSport funding must aim to: 

• Increase the number of school-aged 

children participating in organised sport 

• Increase the availability and accessibility 

of sport opportunities for all school-aged 

children 

• Support children in developing skills that 

will enable them to participate effectively 

in sport 

Sport Southland is responsible for distributing 

one part of the fund – the Regional Partnership 

Fund (RPF). The end of the financial year 

(i.e. to 30 June 2012) signalled the end of 

the first period of KiwiSport funding. 

Non-Contestable Fund 

SportStart Southland 

In line with the findings of the public consultation there has been a focus on Year 1- 6 

students and six programmes were developed and implemented. 

The six programmes are known collectively as SportStart Southland. Sport Southland’s main 

role is one of coordination and the delivery component is generally undertaken by sporting 

bodies. Critical to the implementation is the achievement of the three KiwiSport outcomes 

and the addressing of locally identified barriers to children playing sport, which are: 

• Cost • Transport • Lack of Skills • Sport Support 

KiwiSport Fund Allocation 

Allocated 

Amount* 

Contestable 

Wakatipu Basin (Sport Central) $22,850 

Southland province $36,000 

Non Contestable 

Secondary School top up $10,000 

SportStart Southland $137,681 

TOTAL $206,531 

* (exc. GST) 

2011/12 Contestable Fund 

$36,100 allocated 

In the period under review 16 of 19 

applications were approved. This amounted 

to $36,100 of the $79,678.82 applied 

for. All projects have been completed and 

reported against to Sport NZ. 

A breakdown of the allocation is as follows: 

• $10,603 to secondary schools (5 of 7 

successful applications) 

• $7,662 to primary schools (5 of 6 

successful) 

• $17,835 to sporting bodies (6 successful) 

Programmes: 

• 16 Contestable projects 

• 1622 participant hours delivered 

• 3307 individual participants across all 

sessions 

• 25, 320 participants across all sessions

10 KIWI SPORT FUND 

SportStart Southland 

67140 participant sessions 

The vision for SportStart Southland is that “by 2016 all Southland school children, aged 5-10, 

will have completed, or be completing, a range of in-school, skill-based or organised sports 

programmes enabling them to be confident in sport and recreation for the duration of their 

lifetime”. 

The six SportStart Southland programmes and figures for the year ending June 30: 

Programme 

Year/s 

Participant 

hours 

delivered 

Individual 

participants 

across 

all sessions 

Total number 

of participants 

across all 

sessions 

Learn to Swim 1,2, 3, 4,5 & 6 348 1508 12481 

MoveMProve 1 and 2 419 1264 9141 

Run, Jump, Throw 2 and 3 505 2526 11794 

Learn to Bike 3 and 4 212 545 2973 

Hit n It 4 99 340 2211 

4 Sport Delivery 5 and 6 1194 1125 28540 

TOTALS 2777 7308 67140 

This targeted approach is designed to 

• Provide a consistent approach to sport delivery for young school children in all of 


• Significantly improve the overall skill level of young school children in all of Southland 

by the age of 10, thereby increasing the likelihood of them remaining in sport for their 

lifetime 

2011/2012 Highlight 

In late December 2011 the Learn to Swim programme was awarded with a National Water 

Safety Award for Education 

2012 - 2015 

During the period under review Sport Southland was required to undergo further 

community consultation to develop an investment plan for July 1 2012 through to June 30 

2015. The community confirmed that the existing plan remains in place for that period and 

Sport NZ has accepted the recommendation.


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Green Prescription 

875 referrals 

A Green Prescription offers patients three 

months of one-on-one support to help that 

person be more active, usually via phone 

consultations. Green Prescriptions are for 

anyone who needs or wants to be more 

active. The latest annual patient survey 

report shows that in Southland: 

• 64% of people are still more active 6-8 

months after having a Green Prescription 

• 59% of people make changes to their diet 

• 81% feel more confident about doing 

physical activity 

In the year July 2011-June 2012 Sport 

Southland had 875 referrals and undertook 

2625 one-on-one consultations. 

“It motivates you to keep going… Green 

Prescription gives you the opportunity to 

try things and to find out what you need 

to do.” 

- Tom, 2012 Green Prescription patient, 

Invercargill 

Fit 4 Life 

92% increase in physical 

activity 

Fit 4 Life is a 10 week programme that 

offers new ways to get fit, as well as 

advice and resources on healthy eating 

and nutrition in a relaxed and supportive 

environment. 

The programme comprises weekly exercise 

sessions as well as information sessions 

including motivation and goal setting, diet 

and serving sizes, Zumba, gym, table tennis 

and more. 

Fit 4 Life had 137 registrations and the 

programme has had a hugely positive 

response. Feedback from 82 participant 

evaluations shows: 

• 92% of participants have shown an 

increase in physical activity 

• 87% engaged in physical activity outside 

of the programme 

• 77% noticed an improvement in general 

wellbeing 

• 52% noticed their weight had reduced 

since starting the programme 

• 68% noticed an increase in energy 

Active Families 

92% adopt better nutritional 

habits 

Active Families assists families with a young 

person aged between 5 and 12 years to get 

more active and learn about healthy eating 

with weekly group sessions and personalised 

goal setting over six months. Sport Southland 

worked with 30 families in the past year and 

latest national programme evaluation shows 

that 77% of participants are more active after 

6-8 months in the programme and 92% 

adopt better nutritional habits. 

Active Teens 

Supporting Teens 

Southland-wide 

Active Teens is an extension of the Active 

Families programme and provides support for 

young people aged 12-18 years who would 

like to improve their lifestyle and address any 

weight issues. Participants learn to cook and 

how and when to be active in a way that suits 

them, as well as trying sports and physical 

activities for free. Sport Southland worked 

with 10 teens in the past year. 

BNZ Active Walkers 

KiwiSeniors 

More than 2268 walk 

attendances 

KiwiSeniors promotes regular physical 

activity for those aged over 50 and is 

supported locally by the BNZ. Each week 

the KiwiSenior groups meet for different 

walks in and around Southland. There are 

groups in Invercargill, Eastern Southland, 

Northern Southland and Te Anau. 

Invercargill 

• 39 walks ; 1808 walk attendances 

• registered walkers: 

- 131 in 2012 - 123 in 2011 


• 11 walks ; 460 walk attendances 


- 80 in 2012 - 125 in 2011 

Northern Southland and Te Anau 

• 66 walks 


- 58 in 2012 - 38 in 2011 

Movement for Health 

552 sessions 

Movement for Health is designed for 

senior people that have had a fall, a near 

miss or are at risk of falling. The 16-week 

programme incorporates gentle strength 

and balance building exercises along 

with slow modified Tai Chi movements. 

Benefits include improved strength and 

balance and regaining independence and 

confidence in walking. ACC funded 20 of 

the 35 Movement for Health courses held 

throughout Southland in 2011-12. 

Invercargill 

• 21 courses (336 sessions total) 

• 3455 attendances 

Rest of Southland 

(Gore, Winton, Riverton, Edendale, Bluff) 

• 14 courses (216 sessions total) 

• 2117 attendances 

Southland Maori 

Traditional Games Project 

Ki O Rahi 

The new position of Kaiwhakahaere Ki O Rahi 

was created due to a collaborative relationship 

between Sport Southland and nga Rūnaka/ 

Rūnanga ki Murihiku; a relationship which seeks 

to build capacity within the Maori community 

by increased participation, leadership and the 

revitalisation of sport and traditional physical 

recreation. 

Healthy Eating Healthy Action (HEHA) 

contracted Sport Southland for the part-time 

position over 12 months and RŪnaka/RŪnanga 

ki Murihiku funding for each marae to develop 

a Māori Traditional Games programme, in 

particular Ki O Rahi, to be implemented in 

Southland schools and marae settings during 

2012. 

Ki O Rahi is a traditional Maori form of physical 

activity or old-time sport played throughout 

Aotearoa/New Zealand. 

• 3 schools received the Ki-O-Rahi 

programme between February and June 

2012 

• 215 pupils each received four sessions 

• 30+ participants in two sessions hosted 

by Õraka Aparima Runaka

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• 5 professional development sessions 

delivered to 47 teachers 

• Hosted two full-day workforce 

development sessions delivered to 45 

people (total) 

• 25 SIT students received 4 sessions 

• 141 school children in six schools 

received a one-off session. 

“What I like is that it links kaupapa 

Maori/matauranga Maori for the games 

and that those thoughts underpin them 

– it keeps our atua alive”. 

- Participant at the Murihiku Traditional Maori 

Games Wananga 

Introduction to Aqua 

Jogging 

760 Attendances 

The Introduction to Aqua Jogging 

programme is run twice weekly in 

conjunction with Splash Palace and the 

Invercargill Active Communities Scheme; 

designed to introduce people to waterbased 

activities. 

In 2011/12 Sport Southland ran 73 sessions, 

with 760 total attendances. 

“The helpful and relaxed way your Sport 

Southland people dealt with the group 

put people at ease and it was great – I 

really enjoyed the sessions and found 

them beneficial in 

retaining limb movement”. 

- Pat Hardy, Aqua Jogging participant 

Low Cost Zumba 

2695 attendances 

Sport Southland runs low cost Zumba 

classes for people of all ages. There are two 

exciting hour-long sessions per week, led by 

qualified instructor Tanya McEwan. Classes 

are discounted for community-service card 

holders and children. 

Feedback showed: 

• 81% of respondents were more active 

overall since they began attending 

Zumba 

• 78% generally felt better 

• 72% felt fitter/stronger 

In the 2011/12 financial year Sport 

Southland co-ordinated 103 Zumba classes, 

with a total of 2695 attendances. 

BNZ Workplace Challenge 

534 participants 

The BNZ Workplace Challenge has been held 

annually since 2010 and is based on clocking 

up minutes of physical activity on a wall chart 

weekly for five weeks. It accommodates all ages 

and fitness levels. 

With three different categories, registrations are 

open to all businesses Southland-wide. 

In 2011 534 entrants took part. 

2011 BNZ Workplace Challenge: 

• Before the challenge just 27% of participants 

were active for 30 minutes a day more than 

five times a week. During the challenge, 

that increased to 87% 

• Participants found improved levels of fitness, 

improved energy and team building to be 

the biggest benefits noticed through their 

involvement 

“It is a great incentive to get those who 

would otherwise do nothing, out and about. 

I am very proud of 2 people from my 

workplace who used to do NOTHING, 

now they are out and about, joining gyms, 

when they wouldn’t before. Fantastic.” 

- BNZ Workplace Challenge 2011 participant 

Share the Road 

Safe cycling 

The Share the Road programme 

promotes road user safety in Southland, 

focussing on cycling and motorists’ 

behaviour towards cyclists. It advocates 

for cycling as a sport and a great source of 

fitness. 

The Share the Road programme is run in 

partnership with Road Safety Southland and 

in 2011 it involved: 

• Interactive presentations and roadshows 

to approximately 4700 children from 22 

schools in Southland, with staff from NZ 

Police, Sport Southland and Share the Road 

• Share the Road cycle team in the 

PowerNet Tour of Southland containing 

high profile and competitive cyclists 

which allows us to maximise media 

exposure and spread the message 

• Competitions for schools: Banner, video 

and story competitions for schools to 

enter. In 2011 the winning video entry 

received media attention and attracted 

more than 7000 hits on YouTube 

Step It Out 

Walking Campaign 

Step It Out is a campaign launched by Sport 

Southland in 2012 promoting walking in 

Southland. The campaign messages are 

based on walking being fun, free, easy and 

a ‘feel good’ activity. Through Step It Out 

Sport Southland aimed to encourage more 

Southlanders to be regularly physically active 

for health and wellbeing. 

The website www.stepitout.co.nz was 

created as a ‘hub’ for walking information 

relating to Southland, including local tracks 

and local walk groups. Step It Out also 

brought new walking opportunities to 

Southland by working together with the 

Pacific Island Advisory and Cultural Trust, 

Awarua Health and Social Services, and 

community groups. 

New walking opportunities facilitated by 

Sport Southland were a weekly Pram 

Walks group and a weekly Nans, Pops 

and Tots Walk Group, both based in 

Invercargill. Sport Southland also New


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New walking opportunities facilitated by 

Sport Southland were a weekly Pram Walks 

group and a weekly Nans, Pops and Tots 

Walk Group, both based in Invercargill. 

Sport Southland also assisted Awarua Social 

and Health Services create and promote 

a weekly Bluff walk group, Awarua Hikoi. 

The initiatives also included promotion of 

BNZ Active Walkers KiwiSeniors, ‘Clock 

the Block’ walking maps, and raising a 

positive public profile of walking through 

media exposure. Awarua Social and Health 

Services create and promote a weekly Bluff 

walk group, Awarua Hikoi. The initiatives 

also included promotion of BNZ Active 

Walkers KiwiSeniors, ‘Clock the Block’ 

walking maps, and raising a positive public 

profile of walking through media exposure. 

Step It Out was funded for six months by 

Healthy Eating Healthy Action – Oranga 

Kai Oranga Pumau at the Southern District 

Health Board. 

February-May 2012: 

• 61 attendances at Pram Walks 

• 12 Nans, Pops and Tots attendances 

• 90-100 interactions with Step It Out 

website (competition entries, likes, 

emails received etc) 

• Five new BNZ Active Walkers 

KiwiSeniors members 

Malloch McClean 

Playground Stencils 

Encouraging active play 

Sport Southland supplies playground stencils 

to schools across Southland, which are used 

to create permanent playground markings 

for active play. The stencils help to get 

children active and encourage interaction 

with others in the school playground, 

as well as fostering the development of 

fundamental movement skills such as 

running, jumping, hopping and balance. 

In 2011-12 the stencils were used by 

20 primary and intermediate Southland 

schools. Thanks to Malloch McClean 

Business Consultants for their generosity. 

Halberg Trust Sport 

Opportunity 

Opportunities for all 

The major objective of the Halberg Trust 

Sport Opportunity Programme is to provide 

people with the skills and confidence for 

inclusion into sport and active leisure with 

their peers. 

In 2011-2012 several key projects focused 

on the area of Halberg Trust Sport 

Opportunity: 

• The fourth annual Halberg Trust 2.5km 

in the 2012 BNZ Surf to City 

- 79 entrants 

• No Exceptions Training workshops 

- 66 participants 

• Promotion, and support of applications 

to, the Halberg Trust Activity Fund 

- 5 grants made to Southland recipients 

• Assisting with Special Olympics in 


• Help to link visually impaired adults into 

regular physical activity 

• Increased visibility and participation in 

the disability sector 

- one new weekly sport option offered 

through Special Olympics Southland 

(football) 

Our vision is to offer more people with a 

disability the opportunity to be more active, 

more often. The objective of Halberg 

Trust Sport Opportunity applies to all 

areas of Sport Southland’s work as people 

with disabilities take part in many of our 

programmes. 

Wriggle & Rhyme 

316 sessions Southland-wide 

Wriggle and Rhyme Active Movement for 

Early Learning is a library-based programme 

where parents and caregivers of children 

0-2 years can learn new ways to engage 

with the very young, through movement, to 

provide early learning opportunities. 

These free classes are held weekly during 

the school term. 

• 316 Wriggle and Rhyme Active 

Movement for Early Learning sessions 

held across eight Southland Libraries: 

Invercargill, Winton, Gore, Mataura, 

Te Anau, Riverton, Otautau and Lumsden. 

Active Movement 

Fundamental Skills 

Active Movement promotes the importance 

of movement in the first five years. Sport 

Southland supports parents and caregivers 

along with early childhood staff and 

agencies, and provides knowledge and 

resources on ways to incorporate more 

quality movement opportunities into young 

children’s daily lives and the positive impacts 

this will have on these children. 

In-depth support was given to nine Early 

Childhood Centres throughout Southland 

in the form of professional development 

for centre staff, fundamental skills sessions 

with children and parent evenings held as 

both individual centre evenings and ‘cluster’ 

evenings. 

• 487 children involved 

• 51 staff via In-Depth programme 

• 20 Fundamental Movement Skills 

Sessions 

• Nine staff workshops

14 events 

Events 

The past year has been a busy one for our 

events team, both in coordinating some of 

Southland’s marquee events, through to 

providing support and key roles in others. 

Ascot Park Hotel 

Southland Marathon 

610 competitors 

The Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon 

was run in perfect running and walking 

conditions, held on Sunday November 

13, 2011. It attracted 610 competitors 

competing across five events: 

• Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon 

• Half Marathon 

• McDermotts Coachlines 10km 

• Sport Southland Push Play 5km 

• SBS Bank Kids Mara-Fun-Run 

Successful changes included two new 

start venues – the half marathon started at 

Waianawa, and the 5km event at Feldwick 

Gates. We formalised new partnerships 

with McDermotts Coachlines, Neptune 

Water and Fulton Hogan. 

BNZ Surf to City 

New sponsor, same positive 

result 

With a new naming rights and principal 

sponsor, the 2012 BNZ Surf to City was 

held on Sunday 12th February. There were 

more than 3000 participants in total across 

the four events 

• BNZ 12km Surf to City 

• ILT Foundation 6km Challenge 

• AMI Insurance Kids in the City 

• Halberg Trust 2.5km event 

The weather was ideal. Numbers of cyclists 

were down an estimated 700, but a 23% 

increase in numbers of runners and walkers 

helped offset this. 

MLT Moonshine Trail 

Changes prove positive 

In 2012 the event attracted 296 mountain 

bikers, runners and walkers. Run courses 

were changed to eliminate the logistics 

of bussing competitors to the start lines 

and a new 5km run/walk sub-event was 

successfully introduced. 

The event was incident-free even with 

challenging drizzly conditions. A major 

survey of competitors was held to explore 

options to grow the MLT Moonshine Trail 

to its previous pre-eminent status.

events 

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Distinction Hotels Milford 

Mountain Classic 

Successful inaugural event 

The inaugural 2012 event was deemed 

very successful on all fronts and received an 

unprecedented 100% endorsement by all 

riders surveyed post event. 

The event should grow to be self-sustaining 

and then profitable within a year or two. 

New Memoranda of Understandings are in 

place to determine Sport Southland’s role as 

a key partner from 2013. 

BNZ Invercargill Summer 

Walks Series 

Numbers double! 

In its second year in 2011/12, the series 

started earlier in the year to include an extra 

eight walks. The average numbers per walk 

increased 58% from 15.3 in 2010/11 to 

24.3 in 2011/12. 

Numbers held up strongly after Christmas, 

with a total of 1188 walkers enjoying our 

varied local tracks and parks across the series. 

BNZ Aerobics & Hip Hop 

Festival 

38% participation increase 

Sport Southland continued to be the lead 

agency in facilitating this event. Numbers 

participating in 2012 increased by 38% 

to 297, representing 28 schools. Sport 

Southland played an advisory/supporting 

role in the subsequent 2012 NZCAF Otago 

Southland Championships. 

Rugby World Cup 2011 

Supporting international 

events 

The events department supported this 

major national event by taking responsibility 

for the recruitment, training and ultimately 

the tournament management of the 300+ 

volunteers required while the Rugby World 

Cup matches were played in Invercargill in 

September 2011. 

PowerNet Tour of 


Supporting local events 

The Events Manager provided the STMS 

role (responsible for traffic management/ 

safety) for the whole event in 2011. 

Other Event Management 

The events department has supported a 

wide range of activities including: 

• Direct support for at least 30 other 

events 

• Providing advice to many third party 

event organisers 

• Managing the Southern Events Calendar 

• Southland Secondary Schools MTB 

Champs, Bluff 

Provision of traffic management services and 

equipment to a wide range of activities was 

again a key outcome, and significant direct 

traffic management support was provided to 

Cycling Southland.

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Sports Competitions held 

at the MLT Event Centre 

Social Sport 

Sport Southland co-ordinates a wide range 

of social sports competitions at the MLT 

Event Centre, attracting people to the 

centre and providing fun opportunities for 

people to be involved in sport. 

• Volleyball: 7 teams (42 players) 

• Indoor Football: 12 teams (96 players) 

• 20 / 20 Tennis: 12 teams (36 players) 

• Social Doubles Tennis: 12 teams (24 

players) 

• Ultimate Challenge Competition: 6 

teams (60 players) 

Mini Movers 

Play Gym for pre-schoolers 

Mini Movers is play gym for pre-schoolers 

and is held weekly at the MLT Event Centre. 

• Average weekly attendance of 22 

children 

• Additional sessions held for seven local 

kindergartens/pre-schools/Playcentres/ 

Playgroups totalling 182 children. 

Active Movement 

Fundamental skills 

Active Movement is about providing 

fundamental skills for children under 5, 

including the importance of movement for 

the development of babies. 

• Sessions held at the Parents Centre and 

Plunket (12 Mums and their babies) 

• Sessions held at Oxford Kindergarten 

(35 children) 

• Sessions held for year 1 and 2 students 

at Otama and Mataura Schools (34 

children) 

BNZ Holiday Programme 

Fun opportunities for 

children 

This OSCAR (Out of School Care And 

Recreation) approved programme is a 

week-long programme held four times a 

year. It includes a wide range of activities, 

including a sport-specific day. 

• The average attendance for each day of 

the programme was 22 children. 

Sport Support 

Improving capabilities 

Sport Southland assisted the following 

sports / clubs during the year: 

• Touch Southland: contracted to run 

the primary and intermediate school 

competitions in Gore during Term 4 and 

Term 1 (44 teams) 

• Gore Golf Club: assisted to set up a 

new junior coaching programme and 

junior 9 hole series 

• Eastern Table Tennis: assisted the 

establishment of weekly evening 

coaching sessions and after school 

sessions at Gore High School 

• Gore Gymnastics Club: assisted 

with promotion of Kiwifun Gym and 

committee structure 

Active for Life Classes 

Encouraging active lifestyles 

Active for Life is a weekly programme that 

provides low impact aerobics and circuit 

training for seniors. It is held in conjunction 

with Total Body Fitness. 

• Average weekly attendance 12 

participants 

Providing opportunities 

• Assisted with the Longford triathlon – 

170 students took part this year 

• Organised the Combined Country 

Schools Sports Day (202 children) 

• PALs (Physical Activity Leaders) training 

sessions held at West Gore School (30 

children trained) 

• Providing coaching ideas for St Peters 

College students 

Ships Cone Summer 

Walks 

Reaching the peak 

The Ships Cone Summer Walks were 

introduced in early 2012. Held weekly, they 

offered participants the chance to walk up 

Ships Cone, on private land near Dolamore 

Park. With thanks to landowners Robina and 

Alan Johnstone. 

• Average of 32 people attended the 

weekly walks held over six weeks 

• Total of 84 people attended the walks 

KiwiSport 4 Sport 

Development Officer 

Sport Southland, through the KiwiSport 

4 Sport Development Officer, provided 

weekly sports coaching sessions for Years 5 

and 6 students in Eastern Southland schools. 

• Term 3, 2011: Basketball delivered at 15 

schools (531 children) 

• Two-day Basketball tournament held 

at the end of term: 31 teams (320 

children) competed 

• Term 4, 2011: Run Jump Throw 

(Athletics) delivered at 15 Schools: (531 

children) 

• Term 1, 2012 – Football delivered at 14 

schools (487 children) 

• End of term Football tournament held: 

26 teams competed 

• Term 2, 2012 – Table Tennis delivered 

at eight schools (259 children) and 

Hockey delivered at six schools (206 

children)

Sport Central 

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Sport Central 

Sport Central is supported by Sport 

Southland and Sport Otago, and was 

created as a joint venture to service the 

wider Central Otago area including the 

Wakatipu Basin. It provides leadership, 

training, guidance and support to the 

education, sporting and community 

participation sectors. 

Sport Central has access to the knowledge 

and expertise of two Regional Sports Trusts 

(Sport Southland and Sport Otago), as well 

as a strong working relationship with both 

the Queenstown Lakes District Council 

(QLDC) and the Central Otago District 

Council (CODC). 

The Sport Central Office currently has two 

full time positions with responsibilities that 

include: 

• Attend Central Otago Principals group, 

advising on best practice sport delivery 

and pathways and providing updates on 

Sport NZ initiatives 

• Provide primary and secondary schools 

with sport education, events, role 

model visits and NCEA accrediting 

opportunities 

• Attend and have lead role on Central 

Otago Primary Schools Sports 

Association which advises, organises and 

coordinates sport coach visits and major 

interschool competitions 

• Assisting community event organisers 

with advice, promotion, and safety 

planning including Traffic Management 

Plans from club level to National 

Sporting Organisation level. 

• Assisting to increase the capability of 

local sports clubs and groups 

• Improving the quality and quantity of 

local coaches through education and 

support 

• Delivering the Active Movement 

programme, aimed at developing lifelong 

physical activity habits and skills to 

children aged 0–5 years, to parents, 

teachers, and caregivers in the Early 

Childhood sector 

• Regionally implementing the national 

Green Prescription programme, linking 

people referred by health professionals 

to appropriate sustainable physical 

activity 

• Promoting participation throughout 

the region through the promotion 

and delivery of community based 

programmes and events 

Both roles are instrumental in ensuring the 

Central Otago region is wholly integrated 

for the betterment of the region. 

Key outcomes and achievements in the 

Wakatipu Basin for the 2011–2012 year 

have included: 

• 10 traffic management plans, and six 

event management and safety audits 

developed for local events 

• Sport Central held the Central Otago 

primary school triathlon involving 700 

children of which approx 200 were 

from the Queenstown region 

• Held the Otago Southland secondary 

schools triathlon involving 300 students 

from Otago/Southland 

• Assisted with the South Island Secondary 

Schools adventure racing champs 

involving 17 Southland teams 

• Assistance provided in the delivery of 

56 community events involving 6935 

participants; including 13 events held 

in the Queenstown region with 2300 

people taking part from that area 

• Children’s triathlon held with 200 

children participating at Jacks Point 

• New duathlon series introduced for 

whole of region including two events 

for Queenstown involving 300 children 

aged 5-18 years old. 

• Facilitated coaching and role model visits 

to schools in the area with 230 children 

participating from three Queenstown 

schools 

• 51 teachers and parents received 

training in introductory and sportspecific 

fundamental skills from three 

Queenstown schools 

• 17 new coaches/personal trainers were 

trained through a course facilitated by 

Sport Central through SIT 

• 80 people representing local sporting 

groups attended a funding seminar; 40 

from the Queenstown region 

• 2000 copies of annual event calendar 

produced and distributed throughout 

the community 

• Annual Central Otago Sports Awards 

held with 130 people attending and nine 

awards presented 

• 16 Active Movement professional 

development sessions delivered to 110 

early childhood teachers and parents 

involved with kindergartens and early 

childhood centres 

• 172 Active Movement resources 

distributed, including introduction 

booklets, DVDs, and brochures 

• Seven Queenstown workplaces with 

77 employees involved in workplace 

physical activity programmes and 

initiatives 

• 15 General Practitioners and Practice 

Nurses contacted either in person or 

by telephone promoting the Green 

Prescription (GRx) programme 

• Five GRx group sessions delivered 

involving 33 patients 

• 19 local physical activity groups involving 

184 participants supported with advice 

and promotion

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Financials 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 

The above information has been extracted from the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2012, prepared by Sport Southland audited by WHK Group Ltd

Financials 

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STATEMENT OF MOVEMENTS IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 


20 Financials 

Financials 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 JUNE 2012 


Financials 

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Financials 

AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012

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stakeholder feedback 

Stakeholder Feedback 

MLT Moonshine Trail 

“LOVED IT! It was my second year at it and the run was just fantastic. I didn’t do it to win, it was the motivation to get fit enough to run 

it and enjoy the day. Everything else was brilliant and a well organised event. See you all again next year!” 

MLT Moonshine Trail participant, 2012 

BNZ Active Walkers KiwiSeniors 

Thank you so much for organising the fantastic trip to Mount Linton on April 12. For me the walk was a bit of a challenge but it was 

worth every bit of effort to lunch in such a tranquil setting as Rock Hut. The scenery on the walk was amazing. It was a real privilege to 

visit such a fabulous place. Thank you again. 

Jennifer Latta 

SportStart Southland: Learn to Swim 

“Our Central Schools AGM was held recently and as part of discussions regarding our programmes for 2011 was the overwhelming 

positive comments relating to the swimming programme provided to our area. Please pass onto all those involved in the provision of 

such an initiative our sincere thanks. We certainly value the ongoing support being provided to our schools and certainly appreciate the 

time, finances and energy required to ensure such projects can come to fruition.” 

Julian Ineson, Central Principals President 

“I was not confident in the water before these swimming lessons. I feel more confident now. I feel more confident now because I know 

how to swim better. The teachers taught us how to swim better. I already knew the basics such as floating and gliding. I have learnt 

the proper techniques for freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. When I went to camp I was fine (as I had a life jacket). I was able to 

have more fun because I was not thinking that I was going to drown or anything like that. I was excited and relaxed.” 

Learn to Swim programme participant 

SportStart Southland: 4 Sport Delivery in South City and Bluff 

“Your team do an amazing job! Participation is virtually 100 percent and the boys are actively engaged for the whole hour. Watching 

all the students developing their skills is very exciting and hopefully rewarding to their wonderful coaches. We are very grateful to be 

included in KiwiSport. Many of our students, for various reasons, do not have the opportunities to participate in team sports. The 

KiwiSport programme is invaluable, not only teaching the students new skills and developing team-manship but the tournament at the 

end of each term gives them a taste of competition. Your coaches this year have all been exceptional and we thoroughly appreciate the 

time they take to help our students. Many thanks and well done!” 

Liz Haywood and the team at Aurora College 

Our Way of Life: Riverton Water Fun Day 

“Thanks very much for an awesome day (at the Riverton Water Fun Day). Jardyn and Rayarn had a blast yachting and surfing. Rayarn 

really enjoyed the yachting, something we as parents probably would never have taken them to do and Jardyn was encouraged by Jess 

to take up surfing as a hobby because of his natural abilities. Unbelievable how the day was inexpensive yet very, very productive. Well 

done to you and your team for the excellent ideas, opportunities and organisation...can’t wait for more water fun days!!” 

Tania-Rose Taitoko 


“Thank you so much for leading the exercise breaks at the Invercargill Cardiac Seminar. The exercise breaks are such an important part 

of the day’s programme because there is a lot of sitting and you led it with a lot of style! Fantastic to see everyone get involved and 

share a laugh or two! Thanks again for helping us out.” 

Jennifer Wrigley, Heart Foundation

Sponsors / Funders / Supporters 

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Sport Southland acknowledges 

the following partners and sponsors 

Pantone 368

Our Vision Inspiring sporting excellence and active lifestyles 

Our Mission To create a leading sport and recreation environment 

where more Southlanders are active, competitive and successful 

Contact us for information on: 

Green Prescription – Finding a Sports Club – Becoming a sports coach – Academy Southland 

Getting started with fitness and food – Becoming active as a family – Active Movement (for under-5s) 

Walking in Southland – Ki O Rahi and traditional Maori sports – Sport Opportunity – Events 

Traffic Management – KiwiSport – SportStart Southland – Holiday Sports Programmes – Active 4 Life 

Social sports competitions – Community Sport – Targeted Sports – BNZ Surf to City 

Malloch McClean Playground Stencils in schools – Website support for your sports organisation or club 

Ascot Park Hotel Southland Festival of Running – Aerobics and Hip Hop – Coach Support – Water Fun Days 

Distinction Hotels Milford Mountain Classic – MLT Moonshine Trail – ILT Southland Sports Awards 

KiwiSeniors walk groups – Inter-School Competition Days – Event support and online entries 

Primary School Sport – Wriggle & Rhyme – Introduction to Aqua Jogging – Low-Cost Zumba 

Gore | Multisports Complex, Wayland St West, Gore PH: 03 208 3846 

INVERCARGILL | SBS Sports House, Stadium Southland, Isabella Street, Invercargill 9840 PH: 03 211 2150 

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